Flexible pocket receptacle



Aug. 14, 1934.

' W. R. BUXTON FLEXIBLE POCKET RECEPTACLE Filed July 15 1931 INVENTOR.\(VARNER RBuxra/v A TTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 14, 1934 UNITED STATES -OFFIC'E V 1 1,969,835 PQ'C'KE'TRECEPTACLE Warner R. Buxton, Longmeadow, Mass. f Application July 15,191;swat-Ne. 550,9ss

11 Claims. (ci.'1 5 0-a a)' This invention relates to an improvedflexible pocket-receptacle,- intended primarily for carrying bills,notes, checks and the like and commonly known as a bill fold. I 1

.An object of the invention is to provide an improved and. simple billfold construction, which embodies novel means for enablingthe desirablerelative longitudinal shifting movement between the outer and innerwalls for the purpose of avoiding buckling of the innerwalls when thebill fold; while well filled with bills, is moved to closed position. 1I e Another object of the invention is to provide a. one piececonstruction fora bill fold, having simply outer and inner walls andconnecting end flaps, which are so located and arranged as to enable a.considerable; and sufiicient degree of shifting of the free or upperedge of the inner wall relative to the outer wall. I

Preferably, the connection between" each end flap and the inner wall isa single one, located near the lower edge of the inner wall -such edgebeing the edge that is attached tO' thB outer wall. Then the inner wallis-transversely slotted in that part whichpverlies the centraltransverse line offold in the outer wa11,-.the slot extending from thelower edge of the inner wallupwardly toward, but not to, the upper edgeof the inner walls With this arrangement, the upper portion only of theinner wall needs to shift relatively to the outer wall when the billfold isopened or closed, and such. shifting is permitted because of thelow location of the connection between the end flap and the innerwalland because of the use ;of a single connection which enables a limiteddegree of relatives-winging orpivotal movement between the connectedparts. i Otherfeatures of theinvention will appear as the, detaileddescription proceedsandbe pointed outin the appended claims.

The invention will be disclosed for illustrative purposes withreferenceto the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Fig. 1 is a developed view of the blank from which the bill fold ismade; I I Figs. 2 andB are elevational views of the bill :fold, showingthe same in open and closed positions, respectively; 1 l v H Figs.4 and.5 are full size plan views of the bill fold, showing the same in openand closed posiai ,-.res e ve I p j q I Fig. 6 isa .crosssectional viewtaken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2:; and

Fig. 7 is afull sizedelevatonal; view showing thebill fold part-iallyclosed and illustrating the manner in'which theinner wall shifts toavoid uck ma v eferring. to the drawing, the bill fold may, toadvantagebe made from a single piece ofsuitable flexible material, suchas leather or the like, and where the onepiece construction is desired/ablank ofleatheror other material is cut out in the form shownin Fig. 1.This blank affords an outer wall 8 of rectangular form; an inner wall 9integrally and foldably. I connected along one side. edgeto the lowerside edge of the outer wall; and twoend fiapsfllO, which are integrallyand foldably connectedonetoeach end .edgeof the outer walld The lines ofintersection between parts 8 and QandJbetW'een parts8 and 10 arepreferably scored, as at 11 and.12, respectively. The outer wallhasajtransverse linej'of fold l3,

preferably scored to facilitate bending, and the inner. wall has asimilar .but much shorter line of fold 14. Most of the central portionof. the inner, wallis cut away byja slot 15 which extendstransverselyfrom the line of fold 11 or lower side edge of the innerwalltoward, but not to, the

free and upper side. edgeof isuch walk; 'The end flaps 10,ha ,ve tongues16to1engage'in andrinterlock-with slots 17 formed in the .inner'wallwhen the latter is superposed on the outer wall.

r The bill fold is formed from the described blank in a very simplemanner. The inner wall 9 is folded .alongflinell and swung upwardlyoverand uponithe outer wall 8 into superposed relation therewith. The endflaps .10 .are thenfolded inwardlyalong lines 12 andlswung over and uponthe inner wall ,9 in overlapping relation with the end portionsthereof.'1 The parts are then held together in folded .rel atio'n' byinserting the tongues 16in slots 17. The bill'foldthen appears -.asinFigs. 2. and 4, the space between the walls Band 9, forming acompartment for bills b and the like. f To close the bill fold, one halfis folded "about lines, 13 and '14 over and upon the other half. Theparts then appear'as in Figs. 3 and 5.

a desirable refinement, a thin strip of leather 18 or othersuitablefacing material is applied as 'a liningto the inner face of the inner'wall; "It 'may, for example, be "fastened in place with adhesive.--Its' purpose is to cover the projecting tongues 16' and prevent themfrom interfering 'with the insertion of bills into the bill compartment;

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curvature of the path of movement of the inner V wall is inconsiderableand, for all practical putposes, the movement may be considered as in alongitudinal direction.

Without anything more than lthe -ordinary' degree of play between the.partslfi and 17., the described action can take" 'place' and it couldequally well take place if the flap 10- and wall-.9

were riveted together at the location of the connection 16,17. Thiscan-ibest be understood by considering what happens -whenthe bill toldis closed. The inner wall has to bend aboutamuch shorter radius than theouter wall (see-Fig. 5). As a'consequence, its ends have to move out inopposite directions from the'li'ne of fold 13 relatively to the outerwall. This, of course, applies only to the upper portion of the innerwall because the lower portions are slotted as at 15, and do not have tobend but'move with the outer wall. Asthe upperedge of wall!) is pushedtoward an endof the bill me; it is held at the location 16,"17 andforced to swing around this connection as ja pivot. The outer part ofwall 9 is forced down and the inner part is forced up, as will be clearfrom Fig. '7: The lower edge of the inner wall draws up near the slot 15to enable the outerpart to move .down. As the loweredge of the innerwall rolls up, as shown at 19,:the first action is to take up any playbetween the wall of slot l'l'and the edge20'oi flap 10; If therolling upof the lower part 'of theflinner'wall is con-- tinned, the wall of 'slot17 will engageedgewand swing the end flap upwardly, andthefiap' being offlexible materiaL will' yield toperm i t this action. The edge 21, whenviewed in 'plan, will bend outwardly away from the inner wall be tweenits upper and lower "ends when the. flap thusvyields. Thisbending'ofilap 10 :does not al- "ways occur and is not necessary except whenanunusually large number of bills b are present in thebill compartment.It" is, however, pointed slot 17. The dimensions a: andy (Fig- 1 may bevaried. The dimension :1: is necessarily at leastslightly less than thelengthiof slot l'lfand iti may be made materially less to, enable anap-[preciable degree of. sliding of the tongue lengthwisein the slot. TSoalso; the dimension'll, is necessarily at leastfslightly,greater thanthe thickness of the leather wall -9 audit may be made even greater topermit. -a:substantiaide- .gree of, upwardmovementof thewall 9 withoutengaging edge 20 and movingflap 10. These .dimensions x and 1/ relativeto the corresponding the presence of play at this point simply has theefiect of enabling the shiftingof wall!) to takeplaoe without bendingflap 9."Some-play is desirable even though it is not essential to theaccomplishment of the result.

I have obtained the best results by making the end flaps 10 of roughlytriangular form, as shown. Assuming that the line 12 is the base of thetriangle and the apex is the intersection of the edges 20 and 21, thisapex should be nearer to the lower edge than to the upper edge oi:- the*inner wall and the tongue 18 is'de'sirably formed on the lower edge 20.-With such an arrangement, the flaps serve effectively as end closuresfor the bill fold notwithstanding that they each have but one connectionwith the in- .ner wall. And by the use of such single connection,located'nearer to the lower edge than to the upper edgeof the inner walland nearer to .the. end edge 12 than to the line of fold 13, the

Wall 9is'afforded freedom to swing, as described, about the'singleconnection 16, 17 to enable the relative longitudinal shifting effectbetween the inner and outer-walls. Y T

I-believe that I am the first-to provide for relative movement betweenthe inner and outer walls of a bill fold in the particular manner Iherein set forth and! desire to claim my invention in thebroadestpossible legaLmanneL' What'lclaim is: r Y 1. Abilli'old,comprising, anouter'wall, another wall superposed on the outerwall andconnected along ones'ide edge directly to a side edge of the outerwall,-'and an end flap connected to one end edge of one of said wallsand overlapping an end portion of the other wall, said flap having aconnection with such portion of the other wall near said side edge, saidconnection enabling a; limited degree. or pivotal movement betweentheflap and the wall towhich it is connected and 'constituting the onlyconnection between said flap-and last named wall.

5 2. 'A bill--Iold,'comprlsing,' an outer well, an

end flap and the inner wall located close to the point of intersectionof said othertwo edges of thefiap." H

3. A-billfold; comprising, an outer wall, an inner wall connectedalongone side edge directly 'toxafside edge of the outer wall, substantiallytriangular end flaps having their base edges connectedoneto each endedge of the outer wall and overlapping the end-parts of the inner wallthe other two edges of each flap extending substantially from the'twoadjacent corners of the outer wall at acute angles to the base edge ofthe flapuntil theyintersect; and a single connection only betweeneachtriangular end flap and theinne'r wall at a location close to thepoint of. intersection of said other two edges, saidconnection'comprising a tongue on that one oi the last named two edgeswhich lies nearest to said side edge and a slot in the underlying partof said inner wall, said slot paralleling the edge having thetorlguel 4.In a bill fold, an outer wall, an inner wall co'nnected along one sideedge directly toa side edge of the outer wall, and substantiallytriangular endflaps overlapping the irmer well one its near each endthereof, one edge of each triangular flap being connected to theadjacent end edge of the outer wall and a free portion of said flap nearits apex having a tongue and slot connection with the inner wall, theslot of said connection disposed at an acute angle to said side edge andnearer to such side edge than to the opposite side edge of the outerwall.

5. In a bill fold, an outer wall having inter-- mediate its ends atransverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall andconnected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having atransverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to theupper edge and overlying said line of fold, and means connecting eachend edge of the outer wall to the inner wall at a point near the loweredge of the inner wall leaving its upper ends unattached and free for alimited degree of longitudinal shifting movement. I

6. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends atransverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall andconnected directly thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall havinga transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to theupper edge and overlying said line of fold, and end flaps connected oneto each end edge of the outer wall and each having a single connectiononly with the inner wall enabling a limited degree of pivotal movementbetween the inner wall and each flap.

7. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends atransverse line of told, an in ner wall superposed on the outer wall andconnected directly thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall havinga transverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to theupper edge and overlying said line of fold, substantially triangular endflaps connected along one edge one to each end edge of the outer walland overlapping the end portions of the inner wall, and a tongue andslot connection between each end flap and the inner wall located nearthe apex of the triangular flap, said connection constituting the onlyconnection between the flap and inner wall.

, 8. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends atransverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall andconnected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having atransverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to theupper edge and overlying said line of fold, substantially triangular endfiaps connected along one edge one to each end edge of the outer walland overlapping the end portions of the inner wall, and a tongue andslot connection between each end flap and the inner wall located nearthe apex of the triangular flap and closer to the lower edge of theinner wall than to its upper edge.

9. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends atransverse line of fold, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall andconnected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having atransverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not to theupper edge and overlying said line of fold, and end flaps connected oneto each end edge of the outer wall, said flaps being approximatelytriangular in shape with their upper free edges directed approximatelyfrom the upper corners diagonally toward the lower extremity of saidline'of fold and their lower free edges directed from the lower cornersat a lesser degree of slope toward and to said upper free edges, and asingle connection between each flap and inner wall at a point near theintersection of said free edges.

10. In a bill fold, an outer wall having intermediate its ends atransverse line of told, an inner wall superposed on the outer wall andconnected thereto along its lower edge, said inner wall having atransverse slot extending from its lower edge toward but not'to theupper edge and overlying said line of fold, and end flaps connected oneto each end edge of the outer wall, said 'fiaps being approximatelytriangular in shape with their upper free edges'directed approximatelyfrom the upper corners diagonally toward the lower corners and theirlower'free edges directed from the lower corners at a lesser degree ofslope toward and to said upper free edges, and a tongue and slotconnection between each said lower free edge and the inner wall enablinglimited relative movement therebetween.

11. A bill fold, comprising, an outer wall,

an inner wall connected along one side edge diotal movement between theinner wall and each flap about an axis located adjacent the end of saidside edge adjacent said flap.

' WARNER R. BUX'ION.

